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Note: As Chelsea, winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, finished outside the top four of the 2011–12 Premier League, and because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, Chelsea's entry in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as the title holder came at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Premier League (which will enter the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League instead).

Note:
- Scotland (SCO) : Motherwell replaces Rangers who are not eligible to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League due to failing to exit administration in time to obtain a UEFA licence, unless they can successfully appeal.http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/...short.17220605

Re: 2012-13 UEFA Tournaments Football/Soccer Thread

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams will be divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

Third qualifying round
The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Non-champions
8 teams will enter in the third qualifying round for non-champions.

Seeded teams
Dynamo Kyiv
Panathinaikos
Copenhagen
Fenerbahçe

Unseeded teams
Club Brugge
Vaslui
Feyenoord
Motherwell

Play-off round
The play-off round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Champions
The 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions will play in the play-off round for champions.

Non-champions
10 teams will play in the play-off round for non-champions: the 4 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions, and 6 teams which will enter in this round.

Seeded teams
Braga
Spartak Moscow
Seeding TBD
Udinese
Lille

Unseeded teams
Málaga
Borussia Mönchengladbach

Group Stage
32 teams will play in the group stage: the 10 winners from the play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions), and 22 teams which will enter in this stage.

The 32 teams will be drawn into eight groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." - Ayrton Senna

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
TH: Title holders
CW: Cup winners
CR: Cup runners-up
LC: League Cup winners
Nth: League position
P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
FP: Fair play
UCL: Relegated from the Champions League
GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
PO: Losers from the play-off round
Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

Notes:
- Czech Republic (CZE) : Sigma Olomouc, the 2011–12 Czech Republic Football Cup winner, were initially to enter the third qualifying round of the Europa League. However, UEFA banned them from participating in Europa League over the club’s involvement in a corruption scandal. Olomuc said they will not appeal the decision to be replaced by Mladá Boleslav, the fourth-placed team in the 2011–12 Gambrinus liga, if they are allowed.http://www.ftd.de/sport/fussball/uef.../70052544.html

- England (ENG) : Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed team of the 2011–12 Premier League, were initially to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. However, as Chelsea, the sixth-placed team of the league, won the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, they automatically qualify for the following year's competition as title holders, and because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur instead enter the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

- Greece (GRE) : AEK Athens, the third-placed team of the 2011–12 Superleague Greece, could not get a UEFA license to compete in the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League due to financial problems. As a result, Atromitos and PAOK, the fourth and fifth-placed teams of the league, will enter the Europa League play-off round and third qualifying round instead of the third and second qualifying rounds respectively, and Asteras Tripolis, the sixth-placed team of the league, will take Greece's Europa League place in the second qualifying round.http://www.epo.gr/News.aspx?a_id=42696

- Hungary (HUN) : Győr finished third in the 2011–12 Hungarian National Championship I, but they will not be eligible to enter the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League due to having been suspended from participating in UEFA competitions for the first season they qualify between the 2011–12 and 2013–14 seasons in relation to club licensing violations. As a result, Honvéd, the fourth-placed team of the league, will take one of Hungary's Europa League places in the first qualifying round.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/footballfir...d=1644479.html

Republic of Ireland (IRL) : Because Derry City, the third-placed team of the 2011 League of Ireland, went into liquidation two years ago which led to a European ban for three years and thus were refused entry to the 2012–13 European competitions by UEFA, Bohemians, the fifth-placed team of the league, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17116759

Scotland (SCO) : Motherwell, the third-placed team of the league, will take Scotland's Champions League place in the non-champions path instead of entering the Europa League third qualifying round, and consequently, Dundee United, the fourth-placed team of the league, will enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and St. Johnstone, the sixth-placed team of the league, will take Scotland's Europa League place in the second qualifying round (as the fifth-placed team, Heart of Midlothian, already qualified for the Europa League as winners of the 2011–12 Scottish Cup).http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/...short.17220605

Re: 2012-13 UEFA Tournaments Football/Soccer Thread

In the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2012 UEFA club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

Play-off round
62 teams will play in the play-off round: the 29 winners from the third qualifying round, 19 teams which will enter in this round, and 14 losers from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (10 champions and 4 non-champions).

Group Stage
48 teams will play in the group stage: the 31 winners from the play-off round, 7 teams which will enter in this stage, and 10 losers from the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions).
Qualified teams (sorted by club coefficient)
Atlético Madrid (title holder)
Lyon
Tottenham Hotspur
Bayer Leverkusen
Rubin Kazan
Napoli
Académica
The 48 teams will be drawn into twelve groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 32, where they will be joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose." - Ayrton Senna